Easy Icebox Dill Pickles
This is one of the easiest and most delicious pickle recipes you will find. It's made with a simple list of ingredients and contains no sugar. You'll never want to eat store bought pickles again. Be careful...these can be addictive.
Ingredients
- 18-20 Med. to Large pickling cucumbers washed/scrubbed
- 4 quarts of water
- 1 quart of vinegar
- 1 to 1 1/3 cups of pickling salt I used 1 cup and they were plenty salty for me
- Fresh bunch of dill
- 1 large head of garlic skins removed
- 1 package dried red peppers found in produce dept.
- Grape leaves 1 for each jar washed
- 1 Large onion chopped
Instructions
- Slice cucumbers about 1/4 inch thick or slice into spears. Make sure spears are not taller than jar.
- Combine water and salt, then stir until salt completely dissolves.
- Add vinegar and stir, heating to almost boiling, then reduce heat to low.
- Add grape leaf, dill, onion, garlic and pepper to each jar.
- Pack cucumbers in each jar, leaving room at the top to add brine.
- Top each jar with another clove of garlic, pepper and sprig of dill.
- Add brine with a funnel and a ladle, slowly until filled to about a half inch from top.
- Put lid and ring on and tighten firmly.
- Let cool and refrigerate.